... that Mao incited the masses as a pre-emptive strike against them. While there are less sympathetic interpretations written in the earlier phase of the historiography, they generally focus on the ambiguity of the Cultural Revolution, and their conclusions are more cautious. W.S.K Waung asserted in 1971 that Mao was unable to tolerate his backseat position while the political figures such as Liu ... other early explanations. Revolution and Liberation is typical of more anti-Mao documents written before his death, it's far less polemical, and most of its case is based on the ambiguity of t...

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... . The hostility, distrust, and lack of coordination between different policymaking groups failed to present the president with the most informed, clear, and objective policy choices. The result ws confusion and ambiguity: "The Shah could never get the same story from the White House and the State Department; the one kept assuring him that the U.S. was solidly behind him, while the other ... ...

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